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Atrial natriuretic factor mutants and ischemic stroke

a technology mutants, which is applied in the field of mutants of atrial natriuretic factor, can solve the problems of no suggestion in the art that mutant anf proteins or modulators (e.g., antagonists, agonists or inhibitors) of anf would be useful

Inactive Publication Date: 2003-02-04
CURAGEN CORP
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However, there has been no suggestion in the art that mutant ANF proteins or modulators (e.g., antagonists, agonists or inhibitors) of ANF would be useful as therapeutics or prophylactics for ischemic stroke.

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The present inventors have discovered that the ANF gene in hypertensive stroke-prone rats (SHRSP), an experimental animal model for stroke, has an amino acid substitution as compared to the ANF gene in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and wild type rats. The inventors have correlated the NF gene with the major QTL (Quantitative Trait Locus) identified on chromosome 5 in SHRSP as a "protective locus" for stroke, i.e., presence of the QTL increases stroke latency. Sequence analysis of the ANF mRNA in SHRSP and comparison with ANF sequences obtained from sequence databases and from SHR revealed that the SHRSP ANF mutant gene encodes an ANF-protein that has an amino acid substitution of serine for the glycine at position 1 of the rat ANF amino acid sequence as depicted in FIG. 2 (SEQ ID NO:1). The glycine at amino acid 1 of ANF (amino acid 99 of proANP) is conserved among rat, pig, horse and human sequences.

Accordingly, the invention relates to mutants of the ANF protein, as well a...

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Abstract

The present invention is based upon the observation that a mutant atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) gene increases stroke latency in spontaneously hypertensive rats-stroke prone (SHRSP). Accordingly, the present invention provides methods using mutant ANF proteins, fragments, analogs, derivatives and homologs of mutant ANF proteins, the nucleic acids encoding these mutant ANF proteins, as well as modulators of ANF for treating or preventing ischemic diseases, in particular ischemic stroke. The invention also relates to methods of diagnosis, prognosis and screening for a disposition for diseases and disorders associated with increased levels of ANF. Pharmaceutical compositions, methods of screening for ANF mutants and ANF modulators with utility for treatment and prevention of ischemic stroke are also provided.

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1. FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to mutants of atrial natriuretic factor, particularly mutants of atrial natriuretic factor that are protective for stroke. The invention further relates to methods of treating or preventing stroke by administration of mutants of atrial natriuretic factor. Additionally, the invention relates to methods of diagnosis, prognosis and screening for alleles of the atrial natriuretic factor gene that are protective for stroke.2. BACKGROUNDIschemic stroke is a common, complex disorder caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors that is associated with long term disability and death. Apart from the treatment of hypertension, a risk factor for stroke (Kannel et al., JAMA 214:301-310 (1970); Veterans Administration Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents, Effects of treatment of morbidity in hypertension, JAMA 213:1143-1152 (1970)), few preventative therapeutics are available, and no genetic test for stroke predispositi...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C07K14/435C07K14/58A61K38/00A61K48/00A01K67/00A61K38/22A61P9/10C12N15/09C12P21/02G01N33/15G01N33/50
CPCC07K14/58A01K2217/05A61K38/00G01N2333/58A61K48/00A61P9/10
Inventor SHIMKETS, RICHARD AUGUST
Owner CURAGEN CORP
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